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- University of Hawai'I Press
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- Copyright © 2004 University of Hawai'i Press.
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- 1529-1898
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Abstract
Throughout the Analects, Confucius describes the capacity for grief as an ethically valuable trait. Here his own display of grief at the premature death of his beloved student Yan Hui is investigated as a model of the meaning and significance of grief in a flourishing life. This display, it is argued, provides a valuable portrait, in situ, of the specific species of grief that Confucius sanctions and encourages. It likewise makes clear the role played by vulnerability to injury in the articulation of well-being and value.
Journal
Philosophy East and West – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: May 28, 2004